Sundown For Louis XIV
Aristocracy’s Last Bloom and the Forces of Change
Noble Women of Versailles
People at Versailles
Versailles Facts
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Daguesseau
Who was The Procurer General
100
Poor Relief
What is the fourth new aspect of eighteenth-century society?
100
Family
According to French noble women attendance at Versailles was a duty of the
100
Burgundy
Louis XIV’s first grandson was born on August 6th 1682 and was the Duke of
100
The King
Etiquette forbade all from lying on the Queens bed except for
200
Cardinal Noailles
Who was the "real man of the nation?"
200
Spinning and weaving
Which types of work did peasants often do from home for low wages?
200
Marie-Francoise, marechale de Noallies
Which Versailles noble women had 21 children?
200
Clear the nobles tables and sell the remains
What did Water Waiters do at the court of Versailles?
300
Fagon
Who happily spread the lie that Philip of Orleans was poisoning the royal family, when it was he who was their murderer?
300
Controller General Orry
In 1738 the monarchy undertook a program by constructing highways linking regions and towns planned by this man
300
The Tribe
What did Versailles courtiers call the Noallies family?
300
Abandon his mistresses
Louis XV stopped performing the Royal Touch in public since he did not want to cleanse himself of sins through confession and communion because he would have to
300
Damiens
Who stabbed Louis XVI
400
Jansenist
Which religions problem did Louis XIV mishandle?
400
Worthy Poor
Those considered this because they had an infirmity, were crippled, sick, or were fed and housed
400
Seven Years
How long did French princesses need to be alive to be officially mourned?
400
Lebel
Which one of Louis XV’s head valets was rumored to have acted as a pimp?
400
The Prussians
Which military force invaded and held Versailles for two years during 1870-1872
500
Unigenitus
Who suggested that this be publicly displayed “as a durable proof and an eternal monument to the Pope’s fallibility.”
500
the Multi-volume encyclopedia of Diderot and d’Alembert
Work which spread enlightenment such as this were widely distributed
500
The comptesse de Brion
Who did Louis XIV appoint to run the grand equerry which required one to review and sign off on the accounts of the court department?
500
Marquise de Maintenon
Which wife of Louis XIV was regarded as one of the most influential women in Versailles
500
Over 150 years
For how many years was the palace of Versailles used as a military hospital?
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